IMPLICATIONS OF REGENERATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS ON GLOBAL POPULATION

Regenerative Food System is a type of food system that adopts strategies that lead to improved ecosystems and sustainable food systems. More and more people are looking to regenerative food systems as a solution to global poverty and innovations are needed to meet the needs of the growing population as agriculture and fishing are main livelihoods for most people around the world. Therefore, introduction of regenerative food systems readily available to small farmers (Nemes et al., 2023) would be very useful. In this review, we discuss the challenges within current food systems and mitigation by regenerative systems including vertical farming, aquaculture, aeroponics, hydroponics, mariculture, ancient farming methods, precision agriculture, community supported farming models, blockchain technology and agroforestry and its impact on the global economy population. The implementation of some new technologies may also require upfront investment, which may hinder the adoption of these systems. This is an area for future research, and it would be interesting to examine the level of adoption of innovative practices and its impact on food security and reducing malnutrition in a growing population. The advancement of the regenerative systems led to an increase in food production and a shift from arable to urban agriculture within urban societies as well.